Welcome to the weekend wrap-up! I hope you have some fun and some rest scheduled into your weekend! We have kind of a quiet weekend going on here, but I’m glad for that. Next week our middle guy starts 2 weeks of Occupational Therapy, where we’ll take him Monday-Friday for two hours/day, in addition to his regular therapy (and of course, in addition to regular life). It will be a lot - it always is - but it gets a little easier as he is a little older and more mature each time.
This post will provide you with the links from this week. As I’m getting this blog up and running, it’s beginning to look like my “blogging week” is Thursday - Monday, rather than the traditional Monday - Friday. Last week I linked up the posts that I’d written since starting the blog. This week there won’t be as many posts to link up, because of my “blogging week” being a little backwards. I’m working on more content for through the week, but for right now, I’m happy to just have some consistency in getting posts out on a pretty regular basis.
This week I added a new, small feature - the Sunday Son-shine. This will be a place for favorite verses to read and meditate on through the week ahead. I would love if you’d add some of your favorites in the comments - it’s always nice to know what is blessing someone else!
On Monday, I shared Part 2 in the series of 5 Things to Know about the Mother of a Child with Autism. This week’s post dealt with the conflicting feelings of grief and hope - how both feelings are very real and co-exist but can have a vastly different impact on our approach to raising a child with special needs. It’s important to sit and live with both feelings, but how hope can propel us onward.
On Tuesday I shared a few of my favorite pins (like this one and also this one) over at the Facebook page, and an inspirational pep talk video that passed through my personal Facebook news feed a few weeks back. The pep talk video is definitely worth viewing!
{And a special thank you to Aadel at HomeschoolBlogging.com for the tip on how to find the link to *just one* status update.
In case you’re looking for that information to use on your page,
click the Homeschoolblogging.com link up above and it will take you right to that information!
Thank you, Aadel!}
I took a short break on Wednesday because life is real - my younger son had therapy, my older son had state standardized testing in the afternoon and the kids had their mid-week church program in the evening.
Thursday saw Part 2 in the Can We Be Real? series, where I shared how I crave the small group setting for discussion and really getting to know people. I also shared of my feelings about shoes, and my slipper story - all in the name of keeping it real!
On Friday I shared a post about Choosing the Priorities. This post was a nightmare to put together - one technical glitch after another - but it finally got finished. It’s hard to know how to juggle all that we find on our to-do list, but I shared the way to be certain that you can get everything done (and keep your sanity!) so be sure to check out that post. Another mom has left some timely thoughts in a comment and I really appreciated what she shared.
And the humor of the week - we were at the Christian bookstore one day after dropping my oldest son off for testing. My daughter walked around the corner and spotted this book. They could have placed the sticker anywhere on the book, but chose to place it in that exact spot. (By the way, I am not giving any recommendations about the book, I have not read it. I’ve only seen the cover as presented here.) And while I definitely see the humor in this, it raises the question for me - what would I pay for Jesus? I know there are so many around the world who would love to have a Bible of their own, or even a partial Bible. Just a great reminder that it’s a blessing to have a Bible, to be able to buy a Bible. I’m thankful for that!
Have a great weekend and check back tomorrow for some Bible verses to think on through the week. Also, I’d love to see you at the various social media sites - see the top of the page for where you can find me. The Facebook “like” link is over on the right hand side - I would love to have you join us!
Blessings!
